Final Customer Purchasing from the Product Producer
Use Steps: Use steps include all the customer's value added activities or the consumption of the product itself. These steps include all the costs the customer incurs in employing the product in its intended use.
B.
Resources: Reduce resources required for the use of the product
3.
Energy: Reduce the energy the customer uses with the product
A. Effort – Reduce the physical constraints on the customer
Add components to improve physical performance of product
Adapt product to handle unusual stress
Modify product for potential power loss
| No. | SIC | Year | Note |
| 1 | 3571 | 2004 | PalmOne announced a new handheld, the Tungsten T5, which comes with 256 megabytes of flash memory. Flash memory holds information without a charge or power, solving a problem users of handheld computer have complained about for years. Previous handhelds lost all their data when the battery ran out. The T5 will also be able to double as a USB flash memory drive, allowing people to carry their work from the office to home and back. |
| 2 | 3572 | 2005 | Both the NOR and the NAND varieties of flash-memory chips retain data without electrical current, a vital feature in portable products. |
| 3 | 3674 | 1986 | Integrated has invented new "smart power chip" which will store enough power when a computer is automatically shut down to save the contents of the computer's memory. |
| 4 | 3674 | 2004 | Flash is a type of memory chip that holds onto data even after a user turns off a device. Samsung is #1 in the market. One emerging product that could spur flash sales is digital video camcorders. |
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